The trouble is, you think you have time.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.